This first snow fell from noon until dusk.
The entire Chang'an City was a vast expanse of white when viewed from afar, especially when Qi Yunxiao looked into the distance from the city wall, the white was even more eye-catching and intuitive.
"Your Highness, it's snowing today, which is a very good omen." Eunuch Gao said with a smile.
"This is... the first snow of the year." As Qi Yunxiao said this, his eyes kept wandering in the same direction in the distance. After a moment, he whispered, "I'm going out tonight."
Eunuch Gao was stunned. "Your Highness?"
However, he soon understood what Qi Yunxiao meant. He wanted to go out at night and sneak into the Marquis' Mansion...
But this is against the rules after all.
Just when he wanted to persuade Qi Yunxiao, he saw that he had turned around and was walking back, "It's getting late, let's go back."
Eunuch Gao's gaze involuntarily lingered on his handsome young figure for a moment, and then he smiled and sighed imperceptibly, that was all.
At such a perfect age, it’s no big deal if you break the rules once in a while.
......
night.
The weather was too cold, so Chen Yao took a comfortable hot bath early and soon lay down on the bed.
Xichun and Yuezhu also asked her why she went to bed so early today and whether she needed to extinguish the oil lamp.
Chen Yao waved her hand and asked them to turn off the oil lamp, and then reminded them to go to bed early tonight as the weather was too cold and they didn't need to stay up all the time.
Xichun and Yuezhu agreed with a smile, and after packing up, they retreated.
When the room became quiet and Chen Yao was finally the only one left, she immediately couldn't wait to ask the system to start reading the novel to her.
There was no other way. In the ancient world, there were no mobile phones to play with or dramas to watch. There were very few things to entertain herself with. She could only ask the system for help.
The system had long been accustomed to being used in this way, and would even cleverly tune its own voice for Chen Yao to choose from: "Host, what kind of voice would you like to hear reading your novel today?"
Chen Yao casually chose a mature female voice.
The system then asked, "Which platform and which novel would you like to listen to today?"
Chen Yao: "Let's just read Tomato Novel. I want to continue listening to the one I read yesterday."
The system immediately responded: "Okay~"
After a while, Chen Yao closed her eyes in the warm bed, completely immersed in the world of listening to books.
After more than an hour, the system saw that Chen Yao had fallen asleep, so it silently hung up the phone.
But who would have thought that just as it received the sound, Chen Yao woke up immediately.
"Keep reading..." she said drowsily.
The system blinked and was about to say, "Aren't you asleep?", but its attention was instantly diverted by the sudden visitor outside the room.
It’s Qi Yunxiao.
Why would he come here so suddenly in such weather?
After a while, there was a knock on the window.
Chen Yao hadn't slept very soundly to begin with, and after hearing a few knocks on the window, she quickly opened her eyes again.
Um?
"Host, Qi Yunxiao is here." The system reminded her.
Chen Yao put on a thick coat before walking over to open the window.
As soon as the window was opened, the cold night wind mixed with ice and snow rushed into the house.
"Why are you here? It's cold outside, come in first." Chen Yao urged him when she saw him covered in snow.
The oil lamp in the room lit up.
Chen Yao took him to sit down. There was some hot tea on the table. She raised her hand to pour him a cup, but he took it away.
After he poured two cups of tea, he skillfully placed one of them next to her hand.
"Why did you come here suddenly? It's snowing so heavily, isn't it cold on the road?" Chen Yao asked, looking at his red hands from the cold.
"I wanted to see you, so I came here." After drinking a whole cup of steaming hot tea, Qi Yunxiao felt some warmth returning to his body.
"There are a lot of things to deal with in the palace recently, so I've been quite busy. Are everything okay here?" They hadn't seen each other for a while.
"Very good. By the way, I drew a picture for Tuanzi yesterday..." Chen Yao said and got up to look for the painting.
Tuanzi is a kitten that Qi Yunxiao found from somewhere some time ago. It is only a few months old, snow-white and very cute. He took it to the Marquis' Mansion and gave it to Chen Yao.
Chen Yao saw that it was white and soft and looked like a rice ball, so she named it Tuanzi.
After finding the painting, Chen Yao showed it to Qi Yunxiao, "Isn't it cute? I drew this while it was sleeping."
"Cute." Qi Yunxiao stood behind Shen Yao. As they were looking at the painting, the distance between them was getting closer and closer.
"But I always feel that something is missing in this painting. If you look closely, it doesn't seem very lively. How about you help me see if there is anything else that can be changed?" Chen Yao muttered.
Qi Yunxiao's fingertips lingered on the painting for a while before he gently tapped the kitten's paw and said, "Here...you can add a few more strokes."
It’s true.
Chen Yao's eyes lit up, "Okay, then you help me."
Qi Yunxiao naturally agreed with pleasure.
When Chen Yao dipped the brush in ink and picked up the pen, he put his arms around her from behind, his hand naturally covering hers, guiding her in moving the pen.
With just a few strokes, a new embellishment is completed, and the agility of the sleeping kitten in the painting is vividly displayed on the paper.
Chen Yao put down her paintbrush and was about to turn around to talk to Qi Yunxiao when he lowered his head.
The lips with warm breath brushed against Chen Yao's forehead inadvertently.
A single spark can start a prairie fire...
During the time when Shen Yao was stunned, Qi Yunxiao's kiss had already fallen.
......
The auspicious date for the wedding was set for the spring of the following year. Because it was a royal wedding, the various matters and procedures that needed to be prepared in advance were rather complicated.
Time flies.
On the day of the wedding, Qi Yunxiao wore a dragon robe and, after performing the ritual of three kneelings and nine kowtows to the emperor and the empress according to the rules, he led his team to the marquis' mansion to formally marry Chen Yao.
......
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